Jono Bacon, Jeremy Garcia, and special guest Erica Brescia present Bad Voltage, in which a generation of hypochondriacs is created, we are made to do research, and:
[00:01:51] VC/WeWork/Flow
[00:20:28] AI wins state fair art contest, annoys humans
[00:28:14] New smart watches
[00:38:22] Notkia
[00:39:52] OSTP Issues Guidance to Make Federally Funded Research Freely Available Without Delay
Does anyone else feel like touting all the fitness stuff in watches is a bit ill timed? Haven’t there been a number of studies lately that found these fitness devices have zero measurable effect on peoples health and fitness?
this was the first episode i listened too for a long time as i just hadn’t commuted anymore after corona hit.
My impressions:
Great surprise that Erica was on the show
“We do not need to own that, Bono!” - Loved it
I also like the notion of a “don’t invest in assholes” policy - great to hear that it’s actually a thing, at least at some places
The notion of putting money to work - i always found that wording weird…but that might really be me beeing not familier with the investment-business - which we do need in our societies, right?
Since you asked - as always, i’m not interestest in watches. But in this form it’s by mo means something that would make me switch off.
The other topics that you picked, i found interesting
So, I guess - thanks for not having podfaded while I was gone!
Keep up the great show!
Best
Tobi
PS: obviously I would now also love to hear what the chemistry between Erica, Steward and Bono sounds like
When listening to the part about original art, and how you wanted a video of the artist making it, all I could think was “you’re in the market for an original Bob Ross”
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Hey all, it’s been a while.